Community Notes Highlight Local Visits And Junior Red Cross Dance
Local residents with ties to MecMann Elma and Winnipeg welcomed visitors from Ames Gimli and Sudbury. Juno school hosted a Junior Red Cross dance at Rienzo Hall raising funds for the Red Cross. Other items include travel to Winnipeg for courses, hospital stays, and upcoming Whitemouth clothing drive and Field Day prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juno School
Red Cross
Rienzo Hall
Dick Wende
Steve
Tony Stastoo
Oscar
Whitemouth Notes And Community Updates
Whitemouth area news covers births and engagements, school staff rehires for 1946 47, and social events. Notes include Mr and Mrs Geo Turner welcoming a son, Miss Hanna Kuhn and Miss Ruth Golke shower, Elsie Lischied visiting family, and several visits and trips among local residents. Also mentions Canad ian Oils Company appointment of G B Henderson and hospital progress for Mrs Alex Hill. Local sports report of a Beausejour Oldenburg game and weekend visit highlights to Eagle River.
Pointe du Bois Show Delights Winnipeg Skaters
The Winnipeg Fancy Roller Skating Club performed at Community Hall on June 1 drawing big crowds and praise for all acts. Val Hawkes and his orchestra provided peppy tunes as visitors toured Power Houses and Slave Falls before leaving for Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg
Sll
Guiding Gifts Light Windows for Travellers at Night
A reflective meditation on how gifts and attainments should illuminate homes and shine outward through windows to aid and cheer wanderers in darkness, offering warmth and guidance on the road.
Free Trips For Helen Musek and Wilma Crawford
Achievement Day at Pine Falls featured sewing classes from first to third year under Mrs. S Poitras and Mrs. W K Spence. A fashion show displayed dresses costing as low as 1.20 with judges from the Provincial Department of Agriculture Extension Service awarding certificates and two students Helen Mysak and Wilma Crawford earning a Winnipeg holiday from Eaton Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Falls
S. Poitras
W. K. Spence
Spence
Poitras
United Church Club Rooms
May Miller
Rosemary Lyon
Barbara Aseltine
Patricia Gohn
Lorraine Rigg
May
Grace Spence
Betty Crawford
Wilma Crawford
Adelaide Jackson
Elizabeth Halasko
Lillian Richardson
Elsie Mysak
Helen Mysak
Elsie Halasko
Lucille Coulombe
Reta Coulombe
Winnipeg
T. Eaton Co
Manitoba Citizens Comities Aid Ex Service Men Returning Home
Hundreds of ex service personnel across Manitoba receive concrete help from Citizens' Committees aiding reintegration into civilian life. These volunteer groups operate widely with Department of Veterans Affairs support, include many veterans of World War I and Canadian Legion members, and often help families and wives of returning servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Canada
Department of Veterans Affairs
Civvy Street
Canadian Legion
Ose
Great Falls News Roundup Highlights Local Plans and Visits
Miss Sybil Bjorkman prepares for her June 15 wedding with her Great Falls parents as Gordon Hennessey heads to Fort William to assist a roadmaster. Local visits include Les Middlecote at the Ortweins and Battram Gibson trips to Pinawa. Bud Johnston and Pine Falls friends drop by, O Wallin visits, and Allan Bjorkman hosts a birthday party for town children across the river. Eva Jane Fallis turns eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sybil Bjorkman
Leo Bjorkman
Great Falls
Allan Bjorkman
Eva Jane Fallis
Local memories flow as old friends renew ties near Lac du Bonnet
A feature recounts reunions with Mr and Mrs Wm Dorland visiting from Riverland and Great Falls, noting Bill Dorland’s wartime service from Normandy to Europe returning to Civvy Street. Also covered is John Simpson’s retirement from the Great Falls run, Thelma Lee visiting Winnipeg, Stan Oakes’ motorcycle departure, and Mark Reid providing baseball gear as baseball season continues with a planned June 14 field day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Dorland
Lac du Bonnet
Riverland
Great Falls
Bill Dorland
Seven Sisters
Bill
Normandy
D-Day
Walcharen
England
Europe
Civvy Street
Harry Nystedt
Harry
Victoria
B.C
John Simpson
C. P.R
Simpson
Columnist Chucks Local Tales In Long Humorous Rag
A breezy column relishes miscues and adventures from a newspaper beat. It jokes about misheard names and odd anecdotes from “Sandy Boyle” to a muskrat in a hospital boiler room, recalling playful pranks and friendly digs.
Community of Power Not Balance Says Wilson
A Wilson quote advocates a community of power to foster organized peace rather than rivalries. It emphasizes collective action and harmony over competition among groups and nations. The statement frames peace as an organized, shared goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson
Classified Ad Rates and Line Pricing
Advertisements under this heading are charged at five cents minimum for each insertion of three lines or less, ten cents per line for additional lines. Approximately five words fit per line.
Ladies Delayed Periods Treated By Dr Goodes Pills
A Winnipeg drug firm advertises Dr Goodes Female Pills triple strength claiming to relieve delayed and painful periods. Thousands of satisfied users report relief. Postpaid price 93 cents. Tower Drug Ltd at 584 Mountain Ave invites orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Goodes
Tower Drug Ltd
Mountain Ave
Winnipeg
Forty acres with river frontage near town houses
River frontage and 40 acres under cultivation available with good buildings. Two suitable houses are close to Lac du Bonnet town. Contact Mre C Brown for details.
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Mre
C. Brown
Lac du Bonnet
World Food News Highlights 1946 Wheat Trade Shifts
Argentina exported 17 million bushels of wheat in the first four months of 1946, down from 36.8 million in the same period of 1945. Italy estimates 1946 wheat crop at 220.8 million bushels, up 65.8 million from 1945. Canada reports 281,583,000 bushels of wheat and flour exported in the first nine months of the crop year. Western Europe cool, Bolivia tightens flour sales to conserve scarce supplies. Rain favors Argentine seedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
Bolivia
Italy
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By C. Wendebern
Mias
Helen Jokinen
Mrs. F. Woodruff
Sudbury, Ont
Elma
Mrs. E. Jokinen
Jonas Olatson
Ames
Man
C. Jonasson
Gimli
F. Tommila
D. Mordue
Winnipeg, Man
A. McKinnon
M. Sidorko
J. Wacina
Rev
J. Zimmerman
J. S Evanochko
E Evanochko
A. Boretski
S. Mishurka
M. Kulbaba
E. Jokinen
Eric
Emil Jokinen
Donald McKinnon
Brandon
Mrs. A. McKinnon
W. Gander
The
University of Manitoba
Billy Podolchuk
St. Boniface Hospital
Nauronal Clothing
Whitemouth
Alex Hill
D. M. Wardrop
Harry S. Webb
T. G. Erskine
Geo. Turner
Elsie Lischied
Gus Meorke, Ageae
Hanna Kuhn
Ruth Golke
Willie Steiner
Mrs. Steffenson
Beausejour
Oldenburg
Mrs. Swanson
Fort William
G. B. Henderson
Canadian Oils Company
Alex. Hill
St. Joseph's Hospital
Eddie Malkoske
Geo. Steiner
John Steiner
Eagle River
Pointe DU Bois
Alex Brown
Pat. Burbidge
Lake Louise
E. Peterson
Mrs. T. Malmer
M. McLaren
R.N
H. B. Adamson
Miss McLaren
Claude Anderson
Appeal Fund
Burbidge
Allen
Apritchard
Bonnie
Bonnie Experimental Farm
Lac du Bennet
A. LeVameour Ra
Mr. C. Erickson
Enle Hatchery
Benuscjour
Helen Musek
Betty Jean Thorbergson
Gordon Hennessey
C.P.R
Les Middlecote
G. O. Ortwein
Harvey Battram
James Gibson
Pinawa
Mr. Battram
Wens
Battram
Mrs. Gibson
Mrs. Erickson
Bud Johnston
O. Wallin
Thelma Lee
A. W. H. Lee
Thelma
Stan Oakes
Phil Carpenter
Stan
Mark Reid
Ing
Mrs. J. Stuart
Recreation Club
Vhely
New York
Lovelies
Siz
BS Ranchieer Hs
Sandy Boyle
Inglewood Street
Feller
Pickell
Dyson
Deer Lodge Hospital
Baron Munchausen
Bob Burns
Boston
Investigation Service Co
Avenue Bldg
Wilbon Auto Electric
Main St
Jim Sing
Rora
Springfield
Veterans
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Veterans’ Insurance
the Drewrys Limited
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